Hiro Nakamura

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Hiro Nakamura

Ator	Masi Oka, Garrett Masuda (Hiro jovem)
1ª aparição	Genesis
Sobre a personagem
Habilidades conhecidas	Manipulação do Espaço/Tempo
Sexo
Idade	24
Residência	Tokyo, Japan
Profissão	Programador
Pais	Kaito Nakamura (falecido), Ishi Nakamura (falecida)
Parente	Kimiko Nakamura (irmã mais velha)

Hiro Nakamura é um programador das Indústrias Yamagato em Tóquio, Japão e possúi a habilidade de manipular o espaço/tempo.

História do Personagem

Hiro é um trabalhador assalariado, entediado com a monotonia e conformidade de seu emprego. Ele também é um nerd apaixonado por ficção científica, freqüentemente fazendo referências a Star Trek, [[X-Men| (da Marvel Comics)]], and De Volta Para O Futuro. Hiro é um tanto sonhador e adora a idéia de ter poderes, apesar de estar achando a realidade mais dificil que o esperado. Inicialmente muito entusiasmado, as aventuras de Hiro começaram a empolgá-lo. Enquanto Hiro tem um grande senoo de finalidade e um bom compasso de moral, ele é um pouco fora do mundo e é facilmente manipulado pelo seu amigo Ando, que de primeira vista, não possui um bom caráter.

1ª Temporada

Genesis

No seu cubículo, Hiro consegue utilizar o seu recém descoberto poder: ele fez o seu relógio voltar um segundo. Muito excitado e entusiasmado, ele saiu correndo pelo seu trabalho gritando "Yatta!" (Eu consegui!). Seu amigo Ando Masahashi o trata friamente, fazendo piadas de que Hiro possui as mesmas habilidades que Mr. Spock.

Hiro começa a montar hipóteses de que, além de alterar o tempo, ele ainda pode se teletransportar. Ando pensa mais no ganho pessoal que poderia ter como resultado do superpoder de seu amigo. Mesmo assim, Hiro acredita que um superherói nunca deve usar seus poderes para ganhos pessoas. Em uma noite, em um bar de Karaokê, Ando diz a Hiro para se teletransportar ao banheiro feminino. Hiro aceita e consegue, e é jogado para fora do bar pelos seguranças do local.

Ando é incapaz de compreender o entusiasmo de Hiro em ser diferente dos outros. Desde o início de suas vidas eles foram ensinados a nunca mudar. Hiro fica muito frustrado. No dia seguinte, Hiro ve uma propaganda de férias em Nova York em um Trem. Após uma intensa concentração, ele consegue se teletransportar para a Times Square, em Nova York. Muito entusiasmado, Hiro levanta suas mãos e grita "Yatta! Hello, New York!" (Eu consegui! Olá, Nova York!)

Don't Look Back

Em Nova York, Hiro encontra e "compra" (na verdade joga o dinheiro do país dele para o vendedor e sai correndo) uma cópia da 9th Wonders!, Número #14, uma revistinha que mostra o futuro, isto é, exatamente o que Hiro está vivendo naquele momento, mostra ele com suas mãos para cima, gritando "I did it!, exatamente como aconteceu a pouco. Ele descobre o endereço do escritor das revistinhas, vendo no fim da mesma. E indo atrás desse endereço, dá de cara com um Issac Mendez sem cabeça com uma arma perto dele, e no chão, desenhada pelo próprio Isaac Mendez, a profecia da explosão nuclear em Nova York. A polícia chega e interroga Hiro, e acontece a explosão, e antes da explosão o acertar, ele teletransporta-se de volta para o passado, no trem, em Tóquio, voltando ao seu presente.

Graphic Novel:The Crane

Hiro narrowly escapes the explosion, and is shock-relieved to realize he is not dead. Hiro rushes beck to his apartment and searches for the copy of Action Comics, Issue #1, that his grandfather gave to him. He tears off the cover and folds it into an origami crane, which he places at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Hiro discards his Yamagato Industries employee badge, and says he won't disservice his grandfather's memory again.

One Giant Leap

Hiro works hard to try to convince Ando of his powers, and of the future. He shows Ando the 9th Wonders! comic, which details nearly every event that is going to happen to them that day. Though Ando remains skeptical, Hiro leads him to a place where a schoolgirl is depicted in the comic to be hit by a bus. Managing to find the girl and freeze time, he hurries through the mess of items the truck collides with (including a table full of vinyl Mazinger Z figures). After Hiro moves the girl's time-frozen body just out of harm's way, time begins to move again. Hiro and Ando then celebrate the achievement, and Hiro convinces Ando to go with him to New York, NY. They fly into the Los Angeles airport and rent a car from Hotspur to drive to Las Vegas, all the while following the comic's storyline, but somewhere after they rent a Nissan Versa, the issue reads, "To be continued..."

Collision

After driving to Las Vegas, Ando convinces Hiro to exploit his power to win money and buy matching suits. Later, they are thrown out of the casino and attacked by some poker players they cheated against. Later, a future version of himself appears to Peter Petrelli on a subway carrying a katana. Speaking in perfect English, Hiro tells Peter he is there to give him a message.

Hiros

Hiro and Ando are dumped out of a van in the desert outside Las Vegas, near the "Fly By Night" diner. As they enter, they argue, and Ando leaves . Just then, Hiro witnesses Nathan Petrelli landing just outside the diner. When Nathan comes in, Hiro talks to him, explaining in broken English that he saw him fly and that he is also special, able to bend space and time. He tells Nathan about the explosion, but Nathan seems to write him off as crazy. When Nathan asks if Hiro knows the result of the election, Hiro tells him he won "in a mudslide". Hiro then begs a ride back into town from Nathan. Decked out with a Vote Petrelli badge, he makes his way back to his rental car, only to discover that he can neither drive it nor read the manual. Eventually, Ando shows up and they resume their journey together. With Ando's help Hiro places a call to Isaac Mendez to warn him about the future. Peter Petrelli picks up the phone and tells Hiro that he has a message for him.

Better Halves

Hiro is told that a future version of himself says he must help "save the cheerleader" and to meet Peter Petrelli in New York City. As they leave they are intercepted by the high roller who compels them to help him cheat in a private poker game. When Ando sees a gun, he pulls Hiro into the bathroom moments before a ruckus breaks out and everyone is killed. Hiro is unable to stop time quickly enough to save them. Having essentially hidden in the bathroom, he begins to doubt whether he's the hero he thought he was.

Nothing to Hide

When DL is dragging a woman out of her car, the car explodes and Hiro stops time to drag them out of the way "Why couldn't I have super-strength too?" he says.

As they're waiting for the police to arrive, Micah asks how he got an issue of 9th Wonders! that hasn't come out yet. Hiro tells him he went into the future.

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Continuing their journey to meet Peter Petrelli in New York City, Ando and Hiro stop for breakfast at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, TX. They meet a waitress, Charlie, who speaks excellent Japanese considering she's learned it from a phrase book and in only a week.

Hiro is immediately charmed by Charlie and spends a great deal of time with her, coaching her on her Japanese. She confesses that for the last few months, she's been able to remember and fully understand everything she reads, which is how she picked up Japanese so quickly and how she can speak better than would be expected from a phrase book. Hiro tells her he also has a "skill", but when she presses him about it, he tells her it's to teach anyone Japanese.

While Hiro is in the bathroom, Charlie's body is discovered with her head sliced open. Sheriff Davidson questions Hiro and Ando and tells them to stick around so he can get a statement from them. Hiro feels that he should have done something to stop Charlie's murder. Ando tries to persuade him that it's too risky to attempt to go back in time to save her, and that they should just continue their mission, but Hiro disappears into the past anyway.

Homecoming

Hiro's friend Ando Masahashi and Peter Petrelli anticipate his return to help save the cheerleader, but he never appears. Peter decides to go without Hiro while Ando patiently waits in the Burnt Toast Diner. He notices that Charlie's birthday picture has Hiro in it. Wondering when the picture was taken, he asks the manager about his friends identity. Manager says the picture is about six months old from Charlie's Birthday, and that it is in fact, Hiro. She says Charlie and he were friends up until a couple of weeks ago. Hiro appears briefly near the end of the episode at the pictured birthday party in the Burnt Toast Diner. He is excited to see Charlie but soon remembers what needs to be done - to somehow save Charlie from losing her top.

Six Months Ago

Hiro arrives at the Burnt Toast Diner six months in the past, though he thinks it's only one day prior. After telling Charlie that he is there to save her life, she invites him to her birthday celebration. Hiro tries in vain to explain to Charlie that he teleported from the future and tells her not to go to work tomorrow. He realizes that he teleported back too far, and is afraid to teleport again for fear of missing his mark. Hiro calls his work looking for Ando, but instead is answered by the oblivious Hiro native to that time.

Hiro tells Charlie that she has a special poder, despite Charlie's doubts. Hiro attempts to prove his power to Charlie: in no time, he gives her a bouquet of flowers, completes her order, and finally tells her that tomorrow "the swallow will slay the dragon." The next day, Hiro shows Charlie a Japanese newspaper proclaiming that the baseball team, the Swallows, slew the Dragons. He suddenly transforms the room to be filled with folded paper cranes, a Japanese tradition that earns one wish. Hiro then offers Charlie a plane ticket to Japan along with him. The two grow closer, and eventually attempt to kiss. Suddenly, Hiro is teleported back to the present on a rooftop in Tokyo; he is unable to teleport back. He physically travels back to Texas to meet up with Ando where he realizes he wasn't able to save Charlie. Despondently, he proclaims that he can't change the past.

Fallout

Hiro and Ando arrive at Union Wells High School the day after Homecoming. Hiro is despondent, claiming that, as they have failed to save the cheerleader, they have no chance to save the world, but Ando argues that maybe the message was a list, and not an "if-then" statement. After deciding to continue on with their mission anyway, they receive a call from Isaac Mendez, who has just escaped from the secret facility within Primatech Paper Co..

After meeting Isaac at the bus terminal, they take him to the Burnt Toast Diner and trade information: Hiro tells Isaac about the future explosion and finding Isaac dead in his apartment, and Isaac tells them about Sylar's capture and the painting he made of an exploding man.

Later on, Hiro encourages Isaac to try painting without heroin again in a motel room. Isaac succeeds, and paints a picture of Hiro, wielding a sword, facing off against an enormous dinosaur. Hiro worries that if he travels back in time to prehistory, he'll step on a bug and change the present ... and then decides that he really needs to find the sword.

Godsend

After the tragedy with Charlie, Hiro has found his poderes diminishing. However, he and Ando have finally arrived in New York and are searching for the sword in the Museum of Natural History, which they finally find at the display of Takezo Kensei. Hiro insists that possessing the sword will help him regain his powers, so he makes an effort to steal it. He tries to stop time twice, failing the first time, and the second, merely succeeding in slowing it down. He decides that is sufficient and uses the advantage to take the sword out of the museum before restoring time to normal and being caught. However, upon taking it out of the sheath, he discovers that he does not have an actual sword, but a replica that was donated by the Linderman group. Dejected, he takes the replica back to the museum.

Hiro then goes to Isaac's studio to tell him that the sword was merely a replica, but the mention of Linderman's name catches Nathan's attention, who is already there. Hiro is elated to see the "Flying Man" again, and discusses with him the pending explosion and how to use their powers to prevent it.

Realizing that Hiro is the person Isaac has drawn in the 9th Wonders! comic series, Simone is now convinced that Isaac can paint the future and agrees to make arrangements for Hiro to speak to Mr. Linderman.

The Fix

While Ando argues with a parking attendant about the fee, Hiro stares at a punch clock and tries to use his power to manipulate the clock but is unsuccessful. Hiro reiterates his claim that he needs to find the sword in order to restore his powers, and wonders if it's his destiny to kill the exploding man with the sword.

As they walk to their car they notice a strange man with a gun standing by it. The man draws his gun and Hiro and Ando run. They try to get help from a van that drives up, but another strange man gets out of the van. After they evade the men for some time, Ando is captured and Hiro turns himself in, hoping but failing to secure Ando's release.

In the van, Hiro talks to the man watching them, telling him that he's on a very important mission, but the man says he knows all about Hiro's "mission". Speaking Japanese, he says Hiro doesn't have power, but that his employer does. He offers Hiro and Ando plane tickets back to Japan, but they refuse. When the van stops, the man opens the van door and Hiro finds that the boss is his father.

Distractions

At the Port Washington Harbor, Hiro argues with his father about his mission, and claims that if he can find the sword, he can prove that his powers are real. Kaito insists that Hiro's destiny is back in Japan. Hiro believes his assignment as a regular office worker in a cubicle at Yamagato Industries proves that his father didn't respect him. He does not want to succeed his father as the president of the company.

Suddenly, Hiro tells Kaito that he will accept the Executive Vice-President position, and immediately begins issuing orders for the consolidation of all management to Tokyo. When Kimiko protests, Hiro rebuffs by claiming rights by virtue of his new title. Kimiko yells and references her own experience. Hiro smiles and states that this proves that she should be the one to succeed Kaito instead of Hiro. Hiro awkwardly embraces his father and accepts ribbing from his older sister.

Run!

In Las Vegas, Hiro and Ando return to the Montecito Casino and sneak in through the kitchen. Ando tries to convince Hiro not to bother with taking the sword, but Hiro tells him he won't give up. Hiro tells him that a hero must have hope. Ando tells Hiro that he can figure out how to get into Mr. Linderman's office and that he'll look for hope. Just then, they run into a sobbing showgirl--who introduces herself as "Hope". She tells them she's left her abusive boyfriend, but left her bag in his room. Ando volunteers to retrieve it. When Hiro attempts to dissuade him, Hope overhears them mention Linderman and volunteers to introduce them to him if they get the bag.

Hiro and Ando sneak into the boyfriend's hotel room by hiding Hiro under a room service cart. When the man heads back to the shower, Hiro lets Ando into the room, and they begin to search. Hiro continues to try to persuade Ando to leave; when he finds a gun in an armoire, he insists, and Ando, pretending to leave with him, locks Hiro out of the room.

Hiro returns to the dressing room to find Hope. He overhears her on the phone telling a man that she conned two "Chinese guys" into getting the bag for her. When he confronts her, she punches him, knocking him out, and stuffs him in a closet. After repeated attempts to batter down the door, it's opened--by the man Hope claimed was her abusive ex-boyfriend. He introduces himself as S.R. Gustavson, and says he's with the Nevada Gaming Commission.

Graphic Novel:Road Kill

Sylar watches Charlie greet Hiro and Ando at the Burnt Toast Diner.

Unexpected

Steve Gustavson pulls Hiro out of the closet at gunpoint. Hiro tells Gustavson to take him with him so he can save Ando since Hiro is responsible for him. Hiro believes that a partner doesn't get in the way -- a partner helps keep one honest. Hiro and Gustavson arrive in Primm, NV. When a shootout erupts, Hiro and Ando seek shelter in the luggage compartment of a bus. When Hope shoots her gun at Hiro, he begins concentrating. Hiro manages to stop time and then reverse it, causing the bullet to fly back into the chamber. However, Hiro's eyes are closed, and he is oblivious to his renewed power.

Hiro and Ando talk as Steve and Hope are taken into custody. Hiro tells Ando to drive the car back to the rental agency and to go home.

The 10-year-old Hiro.

Hiro tells him that he made a mistake bringing him along. He tells Ando that too many people have died already and that he doesn't know what he would do if he lost him, too. A bus pulls up and Hiro goes to board. The bus driver asks him if he's by himself and Hiro tells him, "Yes."

Company Man

14 years ago, on the rooftop of the Deveaux Building, young Hiro plays a Gameboy while his father and Mr. Bennet discuss the future of baby Claire.

Habilidades de Humanos Evoluídos

Hiro descobriu que ele tem a capacidade de realmente afetar o continuum espaço-tempo, e abrandar a tal ponto que parece que ele está parado com o seu poder de pura vontade. A primeira ocorrência observada é quando Hiro supostamente fez um trem atrasar usando seu poder. Isto é especialmente notável porque um trem japonês sendo atrasado, em tudo, é um evento extremamente improvável. Mais tarde, ele teoriza que ele possa em breve ser capaz de se teletransportar, "dobrando a parte do espaço continuum". Embora este não seja visto, ele parece se teleportar da sala de estar de um bar de Karaoke para uma casa de banho de senhoras em um desafio (disse em tom de brincadeira) de Ando. Enquanto ele está em um trem, ele olha para um cartaz de Nova York, acidentalmente teletransportando-se para a Times Square. No entanto, ao mesmo tempo, ele se move involuntariamente cinco semanas para o futuro. Mais tarde, quando uma explosão em Nova York ameaça sua vida, ele é capaz de se teletransportar de volta para o Japão, no desembarque da hora exata do local de sua partida original.

Apesar de ser capaz de se teletransportar em comprimentos de tempo de uma viagem grande de uma vez, Hiro aparentemente tinha pouco controle sobre o tempo decorrido, quando ele se teletransporta. Isso mostra que, sem aperfeiçoar ou treinar ainda mais seus poderes, ele pode não ser capaz de se teletransportar à grandes distâncias sem também viajar no tempo. Ele também pode deixar o tempo congelado em relação a si mesmo. Ele foi capaz de manter o tempo congelado o suficiente para dobrar mil origamis de papel. (1ª Temporada| Seis meses Antes)

Hiro se teletransporta com sucesso para o meio da Times Square, em Nova York, cinco semanas no futuro.

Para Hiro, as regras de viagem no tempo ainda não foram definidas explicitamente. Se ele muda o tempo apenas por viajar, ou se é mais um efeito "cascata", não se é conhecido.

Nota-se que para poder se viajar no tempo, Hiro não pode suplantar os princípios da teoria da auto-consistência. Isto essencialmente afirma que um viajante do tempo não pode alterar a história, de tal forma que ele poderia causar um paradoxo para poder não ocorrer, mas sim se os acontecimentos se auto-corrigirem (http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princ%C3%ADpio_de_auto-consist%C3%AAncia_de_Novikov). No entanto, parece que os poderes de Hiro são controlados pelo "destino", como não foram apenas as suas competências com deficiência em um ponto, mas ele viajou no tempo e no espaço contra sua vontade. Esta parece ser contraditória a declaração do Hiro do futuro, de que ele arriscou a criação de uma "fratura", bem como a sua existência prova disso é que ele está tentando evitar a catástrofe.

A habilidade de Hiro foi roubada por Arthur Petrelli, em 1991, que tinha viajado no tempo de volta em 2007, utilizando o mesmo poder que ganhou de seu filho. Arthur morreu após seu retorno a 2007, deixando Hiro atual preso no passado, antes de ele ser resgatado por Ando e Daphne.

Hiro alegou que sua viagem à Índia foi a chave para recuperar seu poder perdido, porém, descobriu-se que seu destino era ser um herói sem poderes.

Hiro recuperou a sua capacidade, graças à capacidade de Matt Parkman Jr. Ele usou seu tempo de paragem restaurado habilidades para escapar da equipe de Danko, quando eles estavam tentando capturá-lo. Ando e do bebê. Durante a fuga, ele tentou usar o teletransporte, aspecto de sua capacidade, mas não conseguiu. Mais tarde, ele afirmou que não poderia viajar do tempo. Hiro também havia demonstrado que a utilização de sua capacidade havia causado algum tipo de efeito adverso. Ele tinha uma terrível dor de cabeça e seu nariz começou a sangrar depois de parar o tempo, pelo menos, quatro vezes em menos de cinco horas (I Am Sylar). Mohinder Suresh, após examinar Hiro, disse que achava que o corpo de Hiro estava rejeitando a sua capacidade por causa do vírus, e sua posterior utilização pode ser extremamente perigoso. Hiro foi diagnosticado com um tumor no cérebro que fazia com que ele morresse. Ele tem demonstrado desde a viagem no tempo e teletransporte aspectos de sua capacidade acidentalmente (Orientação). Ele não possuía controle sobre essas peças restauradas de sua capacidade, utilizando-os apenas no reflexo (Orientação, Jump, Push, Fall). Hiro disse que o destino está fazendo isso e que o tempo e o espaço são agora o mestre dele ("Tabula Rasa"). Além de dores de cabeça e sangramentos nasais, Hiro também, por vezes, manteve-se congelado no tempo, enquanto o resto do mundo permanecia descongelado. Ele também viu o passado nesta condição, uma vez, e depois viajou para lá acidentalmente (Orientação).

Depois de muito esforço, Hiro conseguiu o controle de viagem no tempo e teletransporte à vontade, mas não podia controlá-lo completamente. Ele foi capaz de se teletransportar para o carnaval com Samuel com raiva, mas depois precisava de um casal de tentar voltar para o momento certo para salvar Mohinder: a primeira vez que tentou ele caiu dez minutos tarde demais, mas acertou o segundo tempo. Ele também parecia ter mostrado à vontade teletransporte como ele Mohinder preso em um hospital psiquiátrico, na Flórida (Once Upon a Time no Texas, Brother's Keeper). Depois de ter seu cérebro mexidos por Damian, Hiro foi incapaz de utilizar deliberadamente o seu poder. Uma vez que sua mente estava fixa por Ando, Hiro foi capaz de se teletransportar instantaneamente à vontade, sem problemas aparentes, Ando e Mohinder Suresh, tendo estado com ele no apartamento de Noah Bennet. Esta foi também a primeira vez desde que conseguiu recuperar a sua capacidade que ele tem tornado uma pessoa melhor com ele.(Close to You)

Depois que o tumor no cerebro de Hiro foi removido, ele recuperou o controle total sobre seus poderes, testando por exemplo como "rebobinamento tempo" para si mesmo por dez segundos. Mais tarde ele é capaz de se teletransportar com Ando para o Carnaval no Central Park, sem problemas ou questões de saúde. No Carnaval, Hiro é capaz de se teletransportar todos os carnies uma distância desconhecida, apesar de haver dezenas de ser um deles por ter todos de mãos dadas com os outros e Ando sobrecarregar ele, ao mesmo tempo, dando a Hiro o impulso que ele precisava para se teletransportar com muitas pessoas. (Admirável Mundo Novo)

Notes

According to the online comic on NBC.com, Hiro is named after Hiroshima, so that his family will always remember the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tim Kring has been quoted as saying, "It's no coincidence we named him Hiro… he truly is on a hero's quest". To this end, his name is often used as a pun. His co-worker Ando once called him "Super-Hiro" in jest, which is actually similar to the Japanese word for superhero: スーパーヒーロー (sūpāhīrō), and the fifth episode's title is "Hiros".
The scene where "Future Hiro" visits Peter is very similar (including Hiro's katana) to the first encounter of Future Trunks with Son Goku in the Dragon Ball Z manga and anime. As noted in his blog, Hiro is a confessed fan of Future Trunks.
The scene where Ando and Hiro buy new suits and go down an escalator mirrors Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in Rain Man.
Hiro is on the list.
When explaining to Ando where he got the idea of time not being an straight line, Hiro mistakenly cites X-Men, Issue #143 as the issue where Kitty Pryde travels back in time from a dark future. In fact, it happened in Uncanny X-Men, Issue #141, in the famous "Days of Future Past" storyline. However, Issue #143 does focus on Kitty Pryde's evolution as a super-hero. (Genesis)
Hiro is a big fan of the Japanese anime and manga Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. In his blog, he states that he wants to "be like Jojo and Vaan and go on adventures". One of his powers includes time manipulation, a gift shared with Jojo characters Jotaro Kujo and Dio Brando.
According to his blog, his favorite video games are Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy (games that dealt with the manipulation of time). He is also a fan of Mirai Trunks, a time traveler from the manga Dragon Ball.
In the second episode, Don't Look Back, it is said that Hiro's wallet contains a membership card for the Merry Marvel Marching Society, a Marvel Comics fan club which has not distributed membership cards since the 1970s.
Hiro's name in kanji is probably 仲村広 (Nakamura Hiro). Since he is named after Hiroshima (広島) (The Crane), it can be reasoned that the kanji for his given name would be 広 (Hiro). His family name, Nakamura, could be written one of two ways, though 仲村 seems to be the most likely one of the two when read in conjunction with his given name because 仲村 roughly means, "relation to a village".

Trivia

Hiro is a programmer with a level 3 security clearance. His ID number is 651283461132, and he is referred to as "a lowly office drone". (The Crane)
Hiro's blog refers to Charlie saying, "Charlie wasn't my Marle, she was my Gwen Stacy." Marle might refer to the character from a video game called Chrono Trigger, which follows a group of adventurers who are accidentally propelled through time. Gwen Stacy is the first true love of Spider-Man; she was killed by the Green Goblin, and was pivotal (and controversial) to the Spider-Man stories.
The senior vice president of the design division at Nissan Motor Co. is named "Shiro Nakamura." Nissan is a prominent sponsor of Heroes.
To date, Hiro is one of three characters that have appeared in all episodes of Heroes.